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... our guide. What I heard of the tour was informative but I felt I didn't get a good impression of the Vatican because of the number of people there. The Sistine Chapel was different to how I imagined it. People weren't silent and weren't wearing appropriate dress code. Our group was swimming in sweat (it was over 30 degrees celsius) because we did as we were told and covered our shoulders and knees. After the Vatican we found a ...

... short, so it made a mess everywhere. But this one had no shower curtain at all. No shower door. No partial wall. Just a tub, with a hand held shower head and the toilet paper right on the edge of the tub. That bathroom was a challenge. But we would wait for tomorrow morning to tackle that particular challenge. Right now, it was 9:30 and we hadn’t had dinner.

We asked for a recommendation from the hotel and they told us about a place that was ...

... free time for wandering and photos. From here we went across to the Forum, which was known as the centre of the city, and again the ruins are unbelievable. Incredible to know that everywhere in Rome there are ruins below of whole cities. There are only 2 subway lines in Rome because when they started excavating they kept discovering more and more ruins so decided not to have an underground system after that! Finally finished our walking day tour so it was straight back to the ...

Rome wasn't built in a day and either was this blog entry, it is at least a 2 stubbie read or a bottle of vino. It has taken at least that to write it whilst we relax in the Tuscan sunshine. Jac told me it was too long and sounded like a children's storytale, maybe I was a child living in a dream? Anyway, beats working, hope you enjoy the story!! Over our whole trip in Europe we only had 2 commitments to meet. The most important being our flight home on 9th October from ...

... heated up in the car!!!! When we got to the termini station we decided to get on a hop on off bus but had to wait over 30 minutes, got off at the Vatican but then had to get taxi so we would be on time for the tour.WE MADE IT! Sue and Shane stayed on the bus. The tour was fabulous, a lot of WOW moments but exhausted after doing it. Weather very hot and humid. Staying at the cardinal apartments again ...